Chancey Colwell, 31, is facing charges of first-degree assault of a peace officer, a class 3 felony; second degree-assault of a peace officer, a class 4 felony; criminal mischief, a class 6 felony; resisting arrest, a second-degree misdemeanor; and theft, a third-degree misdemeanor.

At about 3 p.m. the day of the incident, FPD Lt. Mike Ingle was called out to Florence's Dollar General for a report of shoplifting. The arrest affidavit stated he sent a photograph from store video footage to DeLaurentis, who identified Colwell and Reagon Hudnall, another shoplifting suspect.

Ingle heard DeLaurentis say he might have found the suspect's vehicle at Kwik Stop No. 9, the affidavit stated.

"At approximately 3:53 p.m., the chief called out in a distressed manner that he was in contact with the parties and that he needed assistance," the affidavit stated. "Several more calls from the chief came over the radio — each one more desperate in nature. I made my way to the Kwik Stop and pulled in the front as I observed the chief chasing a male subject in front of the store to the north where he then jumped into a deep drainage ditch."

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Colwell had broken free when DeLaurentis attempted to handcuff him inside the store in an effort to gain control, the chief said Tuesday. Colwell reportedly then began running around the store, yelling and screaming. Colwell had an altercation with two women (a patron and a store clerk) who had tried to stop him, DeLaurentis said, before the chief tased him. Colwell pulled out the barbs and grabbed a metal pole that was used as a display rack, and "went after" the chief, DeLaurentis said.

"He lifted it shoulder height and approached me in an 'attack mode,'" DeLaurentis said Tuesday. "He got into a fighting stance."

The rack came apart when DeLaurentis blocked it with his right arm, he said. A struggle ensued and both men fell into another display rack before DeLaurentis stunned Colwell in the stomach with his Taser, he said. Colwell attempted to take the Taser, and DeLaurentis was tased in the right arm during the struggle. DeLaurentis' right arm also was hyperextended during the struggle, he said.

DeLaurentis chased Colwell around the exterior of the building and through a drainage ditch before law enforcement lost sight of Colwell temporarily. Hudnall, who was wanted on a warrant, was arrested there.

At about 6:20 p.m., dispatch told authorities that Colwell was seen entering a residence near Maple and Second Street. Numerous officers responded to the area and Colwell eventually was caught after running several blocks and hiding in residential backyards. He was tased several times and resisted arrest several times, DeLaurentis said, before being taken into custody.

Colwell's defense attorney, Riley Selleck, argued Colwell did not show intent to cause serious bodily injury, that his intent was to get away since he was wanted on a warrant, and that he picked up the rack to prevent being tased again.

An arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Feb. 25.

Also in court Tuesday, Casey Myers, a Penrose man facing felony sexual assault charges, appeared for a status conference. He faces three counts of sexual assault, two of which are class 3 felonies and one is a class 2 felony; one count of unlawful sexual contact, a class 4 felony; and one count of aggravated menacing, a class 5 felony.

According to an affidavit, Fremont County sheriff's deputies responded July 31, 2013, to Myers' residence on a report of a suicidal subject, possibly armed with a firearm. While en route to the call, deputies were advised that an adult female was at the sheriff's office reporting that she had just been sexually assaulted by Myers at his residence.

The affidavit states that after the assault, Myers left the victim tied up and went on an "incoherent rant." After he let her go, he reportedly told her to go to the sheriff's office to report the act and said he was going to kill himself, according to the affidavit. Deputies found Myers in a shed on the property, reportedly armed with a handgun. He surrendered after an hour-long standoff.

On Nov. 5, after Myers was deemed competent to proceed by the Colorado Mental Health Institute. Selleck told the court he wanted a second opinion. A hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. March 3 when the results of the second test should be available and a trial date can be set for later this year.

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